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ArticleVirologica Sinica2014

Coronavirus MHV-A59 infects the lung and causes severe pneumonia in C57BL/6 mice.

Zhangsheng Yang, Jun Du, Gang Chen, Jie Zhao, Xuanming Yang, Lishan Su, Genhong Cheng, Hong Tang

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Article in Virologica Sinica, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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49 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhangsheng YangKey Laboratory of Infection and Immunity (CASKLII), Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China.
Jun Du
Gang Chen
Jie Zhao
Xuanming Yang
Lishan Su
Genhong Cheng
Hong Tang
Institute of Biophysics · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNShanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNUniversity of California System · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It remains challenging to develop animal models of lung infection and severe pneumonia by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome cornavirus (MERS-CoV) without high level of containment. This inevitably hinders understanding of virushost interaction and development of appropriate countermeasures. Here we report that intranasal inoculation of sublethal doses of murine coronavirus mouse hepatitis virus A-59 (MHV-A59), a hepatic and neuronal tropic coronavirus, can induce acute pneumonia and severe lung injuries in C57BL/6 mice. Inflammatory leukocyte infiltrations, hemorrhages and fibrosis of alveolar walls can be observed 2-11 days after MHV-A59 infection. This pathological manifestation is associated with dramatical elevation of tissue IP-10 and IFN-γ and moderate increase of TNF-α and IL-1β, but inability of anti-viral type I interferon response. These results suggest that intranasal infection of MHV-A59 would serve as a surrogate mouse model of acute respiratory distress syndrome by SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV infections.

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AnimalsCoronavirus InfectionsCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHumansLungMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMurine hepatitis virusPneumoniaVirulenceCytokines

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PMID25547683
PMCPMC7090691
OpenAlexW2055968512

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